I love to wear scarves and with the arrival of spring weather, I wanted something lighter with drape to wear during the coming months. Since humidity is a large part of spring and summer in South-Western Ontario, I need a stitch pattern that would still look great, even if the scarf rolled or lost its blocking. Once I discovered this strong graphical stitch in Charted Knitting Design: A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker, I knew I had a winner.

This pattern features a “rest” row, with purl worked on wrong side rows. Pattern includes both a chart and written out instructions for working the lace mesh pattern.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have placed markers between stitch repeats, please note that they will shift position – moving forward one st - on rows 5, 9, 13 & 19.

Yarn:360 yards of DK yarn (sample worked in soy/bamboo blend tape yarn). Any yarn with drape can be substituted for Schulana Sojabama, especially silk and silk blends.

Additional Gauge:18 sts and 30 rows to 4 inches in mesh pattern

Skills Required

Lace knitting (several types of decreases)

Chart reading

This pattern was also included in Most Magazine, Fall 2010, pages 28 & 29. An incorrect stitch key was included in the printed version of the magazine; however, the correct version is on their website or can be downloaded as a PDF from the Gridwork scarf page on my website.